Body color: Light red, mottled w/ olive dorsally and flushed w/ yellow on lower sides; lateral line in a clear, light-red zone, bordered by dark olivaceous mottling; lips blackened.
Peritoneum color: dark Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIII,13-15, Ar:6-7, P1:16-18, GR:36-43, LLp:47-55, LLs:55-60, V:27
Occurence: Bering Sea - Baja California
Depth: 425 meters Size: 51 cm Species code: 30430
Similar species: Yellowmouth RF - symphyseal knob weaker, rounded; yellow and black blotches inside pinkish mouth; opercular blotch discrete; dorsal blotches diffuse. Northern RF - dorsal spines typically 14 (13 in Redstripe RF); dark bars radiate posteriorly from eye; pink slash on ventral portion of pectoral fin; head spine count differs. Sharpchin RF - dorsal blotches large w/ at least one extending across lateral line; forked bar radiates posteriorly from eye; head spines strong and count differs;anal spine 2 longer 3. Pacific Ocean Perch - lateral line not bordered by mottling; head spine count typically differs. Chilipepper - dorsal blotches absent; lateral line not bordered by mottling; peritoneum light; head spine count differs; belly whitish.